Tag: Kady Cross

Sort of a mish-mash for this cover lover post, but there are a couple of interesting ones. Let’s start with one from Kim Harrison. Sideswiped is from her new Peri Reed Chronicles, and I believe it is a prequel novella that is due out on August 10th.

Every hero, even the accidental ones, have a beginning.

Silas’s radical theory that drafters are not replaying time as much as they are temporarily sliding into an alternate universe has never been well-received, but frankly, the darling of Opti’s research has enough clout not to care, until a professor with a grudge tries to put a permanent end to it. Love can’t alter time, and sometimes, even being able to rub out a single mistake isn’t enough…

This next one is from Deborah Blake. I haven’t heard anything about Veiled Magic at all, other than it is due out on November 17th.

I guess Amanda Bonilla‘s Shaede Assassin series is now being released only in e-format. The fifth book will be called Shadows at Midnight, and it is due out on September 24th.

Has Darian’s past finally caught up with her?

The Rakshasa queen, Padma, has a score to settle—she wants those responsible for her son’s death to pay and to pay dearly. Darian, Tyler and Xander are all at risk—and Padma’s powers could force them to live the rest of their lives in the madness of the Realm of Illusions…

While Darian is taken and is the first to suffer, she’s soon rescued by Tyler, the one man to never disappoint. But what Darian doesn’t know is that her freedom comes at a steep price—Xander’s the King of Shaedes, imprisonment. Darian knows what horrors await in Padma’s dungeon. A rescue mission won’t be easy and she can’t do it alone.

Deep in the bowels of Goblin Valley, Darian, Tyler, and her small band of Shaede warriors fight their way through a dark labyrinth. In a realm where illusions rule, with danger at every turn, the odds are stacked against them. Time isn’t on their side, every second spent in Padma’s custody will be another step Xander takes toward madness. A kingdom can’t be ruled without its king and the wolves are at the door, waiting. If Darian can’t get to Xander before he succumbs to the illusions, an entire kingdom’s future is at stake…

The second book of the Thieves spin-off series from Lexi Blake will be called Addict, and it will be released on September 22nd.

In order to destroy a legendary monster and save the royal family, Kelsey must make a deal with a devil…

When Kelsey Owens returns home to Dallas, she is a changed woman. After months of training with Marcus Vorenus , she has more control over her abilities. She’s ready to start her new job, even if it means dealing with the King of All Vampire and his partner, Devinshea Quinn. Her first assignment, however, will force her to face her past. Grayson Sloane is in trouble and she has to find him.

With the help of Gray’s brother, a full empath demon, Kelsey tracks her one time lover down. Before she knows it, she’s pulled into Gray’s undercover operation in a demon sex club and sitting across from a Duke of Hell. Abbas Hiberna plans to use her city to test his new drug, Brimstone. It doesn’t just give supernatural creatures a high. It also leaves them vulnerable to demonic persuasion.

When the king’s own men begin to turn against him, even the royal family is in danger. Keeping them safe will put Kelsey in the duke’s crosshairs and test her fledgling relationship with Marcus. With her new life crumbling around her, a dark secret about her former lover is revealed and Kelsey will have to choose between saving Gray Sloane and the revenge she’s waited a lifetime for.

Aaand Lynsay Sands will continue her Rogue Hunter books with the release of Runaway Vampire on February 23rd.

Buckle up—the Argeneaus are back in a sexy, witty new novel from New York Times bestselling author Lynsay Sands.

Dante Notte has heard it said that love hurts. He just wasn’t expecting it to run him over in an RV. Still, a punctured lung and broken ribs are nothing compared to the full-body shock he feels whenever he’s near the vehicle’s driver, Mary Winslow. He needs to keep her safe from their pursuers while he rescues his brother. Most challenging of all, he needs to claim this smart, stubborn woman as his life mate.

The naked, injured, insanely gorgeous younger man who clambered into her RV insists they belong together. If Mary wasn’t feeling their incredible connection in every inch of her being, she wouldn’t believe it. But now that the men who took Dante’s twin are after her too, trusting her gut means risking her life for an immortal who’s the very definition of a perfect stranger.

Heading into the young adult side of things, the second book from the Sisters of Blood and Spirit series from Kady Cross will be called Sisters of Salt and Iron, and it will be out on March 30th.

As Halloween approaches, twin sisters Lark, who is alive, and Wren, a tethered spirit, find themselves drifting apart. While Lark is happy with new boyfriend Ben, Wren is still hurting over her own still-alive-and-kicking love-interest, Kevin, who may or may not have kissed another girl. Spending more time on the Other Side, and less time with her sister in the land of the living, Lark becomes close with the spirit of a young man, Noah, who was killed years ago. But Noah is not as nice as he seems, and his thirst for vengeance has a dark and sudden influence on Wren. With the veil between the worlds thinning for Halloween, the spirits are getting stronger and it will be up to Lark and her friends to stop Noah and save Wren from becoming a monster. But the only way to do that could be to kill the boy that Wren is falling in love with.

Not only are these final three from the same author, they are from the same series. Victoria Aveyard‘s Red Queen series will include several e-novellas, starting with Queen Song on September 1st…

In this 55-page prequel novella set in the Red Queen world, Queen Coriane, first wife of King Tiberias, keeps a secret diary—how else can she ensure that no one at the palace will use her thoughts against her? Coriane recounts her heady courtship with the crown prince, the birth of a new prince, Cal, and the potentially deadly challenges that lay ahead for her in royal life.

Another novella will follow on January 6th called Steel Scars, which will this time focus on secondary character Farley.

Farley was raised to be strong, but being tasked with planting the seeds of rebellion in Norta is a tougher job than expected. As she travels the land recruiting black market traders, smugglers, and extremists for her first attempt at an attack on the capital, she stumbles upon a connection that may prove to be the key to the entire operation—Mare Barrow.

And all of the novellas will be combined into a print-format bind-up called Cruel Crown, and it is looking like a January 5th release.

Ok, there you have it. Any fans of Victoria Aveyard’s Red Queen series? I quite enjoyed it myself, even though I have been going through a bit of a young adult rebellion lately. A lot of them haven’t held my interest, and I have really cut back on which ones I am picking up (pretty covers or not).

Well, it was close for a while, but both Burn for Me and Magic Breaks advanced to the final four of the dabwaha contest, making my prediction of an all Ilona Andrews final a possibility. Not sure when the rest of the voting will start up, but I will be keeping an eye out.

On the subject of new series, there are a few to look forward to this week. Let’s start with the new one from Shelly Laurenston, Call of Crows. The first book is called The Unleashing, and I have been really trying to get into this one for a few weeks now, but I just can’t seem to make myself get interested in the story.

Synopsis…

Kera Watson never expected to face death behind a Los Angeles coffee shop. Not after surviving two tours lugging an M16 around the Middle East. If it wasn’t for her hot Viking customer showing up too late to help, nobody would even see her die.

In uncountable years of service to the Allfather Odin, Ludvig “Vig” Rundstrom has never seen anyone kick ass with quite as much style as Kera. He knows one way to save her life—but she might not like it. Signing up with the Crows will get Kera a new set of battle buddies: cackling, gossiping, squabbling, party-hearty women. With wings. So not the Marines.

But Vig can’t give up on someone as special as Kera. With a storm of oh-crap magic speeding straight for L.A., survival will depend on combining their strengths: Kera’s discipline, Vig’s loyalty… and the Crows’ sheer love of battle. Boy, are they in trouble.

Shannon Mayer also fires up a new series this week with the release of Recurve, the first book of The Elemental Series.

Synopsis…

I’ve been accused of attacking the queen, my wicked stepmother, and my life is suddenly on the line. I have only two options left to me: banishment, or training to become one of the King’s Elite Guards, an Ender.

Option one will kill me.
Option two is meant to break me, but is the only way to survive.

Did I mention I have no power like the rest of the elementals, and my connection to the earth is worth next to nothing?

Could things get any worse? Of course they can. Welcome to being an Elemental.

And this final one is a young adult release from Kady Cross. Sisters of Blood and Spirit is the first book in the series of the same name.

Synopsis…

Wren Noble is dead—she was born that way. Vibrant, unlike other dead things, she craves those rare moments when her twin sister allows her to step inside her body and experience the world of the living.

Lark Noble is alive but often feels she belongs in the muted Shadow Lands—the realm of the dead. Known as the crazy girl who talks to her dead sister, she doesn’t exactly fit in with the living, though a recent suicide attempt and time in a psych ward have proved to her she’s not ready to join her sister in the afterlife.

Now the guy who saved Lark’s life needs her to repay the favor. He and his friends have been marked for death by the malevolent spirit of a vicious and long-dead serial killer, and the twins—who should know better than to mess with the dead—may be their only hope of staying alive.

Which of these will you be trying out? I am a bit bummed by The Unleashing, but I am going to try and pick it up again in the next few days. Here’s hoping I was just too distracted the other times and I can actually give it a full read.

After a bit of what can only be called a dry spell, a few new covers have started trickling out (I imagine things will pick up after Christmas is out of the way). This first one is from Amanda Ashley. Night’s Surrender is part of the Children of the Night series, and it is due out on August 25th.

There you have it for today. I swear, one day I am going to pick up the Galenorn books just for the pretty covers. Her entire Otherworld series has great artwork, and this spin-off series does, too. I wish all series could look that good.

Happy Valentine’s Day, everyone. After a bit of a cover drought for a while, it looks like all of the new artwork is exploding onto the scene the last couple of days. Leigh Bardugo‘s Ruin and Rising cover just came out, and I am glad they didn’t change the design for this third book in the Grisha series. It is due out on June 17th.

Sticking with the red, Reap the Wind is the title of the next book from Karen Chance‘s Cassie Palmer series, and it will be out sometime later this year.

Well, looks like there are five new e-books coming sometime this week, both adult and young adult. July 1st is the release date for the two Nocturn Cravings titles, the first of which is Threshold of Pleasure from author Vivi Anna.

Synopsis…

Since her short career came to a dramatic end, former cop Eden Swain has been haunted by guilt and disturbing dreams. When she gets a call from a woman she knows is dead, it nearly sends her over the edge.

Eden’s search for answers leads her to a portal—and she steps through to the world between the worlds. A decadent world where anything and everything is possible. There, she is torn between her desire for two men—one a darkly sexy vampire who promises to take away her pain forever. The other, a gorgeous wolf shifter determined to save her soul…

As the latest in a long line of female Alphas, Merrilee Delemont lives by the code be strong always. While she will never forsake her duty to her pack, she sometimes longs for a mate to share her life with. At least she’s found someone to share her bed: Beck Villanova, leader of the neighboring wolf pack.

Their red-hot attraction and struggle for dominance leads to wild sex, but any chance of a real relationship goes up in smoke. Until phae invaders threaten the peace of their remote valley, forcing Merrille and Beck to finally decide which is more important: vying for power, or a passionate partnership that could change their lives forever.

I was surprised to see that Thea Harrison is putting out another Elder Races novella, since I thought that her set of four about the Tarot deck that wrapped up earlier this year was the last of them, but it looks like July 2nd is the release date for The Wicked.

Synopsis…

For a librarian with a focus on rare magic books, Olivia’s new job is a dream come true. She has been hired as part of a team to help manage the safe transportation of the collection of books owned by the Vampyre sorceress Carling Severan. The fact that the library is located on a mysterious island in an Other land only heightens the adventure.

Head of security for the expedition, Sebastian Hale is tired of his rootless life of adventure and finds himself attracted to the calm, beautiful librarian. But he is living a personal nightmare. He has been hit with a curse that is slowly taking away his sight, and he doesn’t know if he will survive the results.

But the powerful feelings growing between them, along with Sebastian’s inner turmoil, take a backseat when they learn there is a traitor lurking among their expedition team. With Elder Races politics and a priceless library on the line, they’ll have to rely on each other to survive the experience.

This one will be re-released this coming January in print format, but you can pick up Forgotten Sins from Rebecca Zanetti on Tuesday in e-format.

Synopsis…

Josie and Shane’s marriage only lasted a few months before he disappeared on a mysterious military assignment, leaving her heart in shreds. Josie’s tough, though, and she picked up the pieces, building a new life around her high-powered number-crunching job.

When Shane turns up at the local hospital two years later with a concussion and amnesia, Josie agrees to take him home but only long enough for him to sign divorce papers. But they’re barely in the door when their old passion explodes.

Shane can’t remember why he left the beautiful blue-eyed angel glaring at him, but he knows it was to protect her. Every one of his strangely powerful senses tells him she is in danger. Shane knows he can’t be normal. Hearing the heartbeat of people in the next room isn’t normal. The only question is–is he the good guy or the bad?

Jack Dandy didn’t become prince of the London underworld at barely twenty-one by being softhearted, even if a certain girl in a steel corset has wormed her way into his affections of late. He knows how to manipulate, charm and rob people blind. And if his criminal activities embarrass his aristocratic father, so much the better.

So when a friend of Jack’s father hires him for an underhanded job, Jack is happy to oblige—for an outrageous fee, of course. Delivering a mysterious crate seems like an easy task—until Jack realizes just what is inside…

I will probably be checking out Thea Harrison’s novella since I need to add it to the Elder Races Character Guide. Anything here you are planning on grabbing this week?

I have been a bit slack on the cover department lately, and I nabbed these first five from All Things Urban Fantasy‘s Cover Post. The cover for Kady Cross‘s third Steampunk Chronicles book, The Girl with the Iron Touch, just came out. The book will be available on May 21st.

This next one is the first book from the Hex Hall Spin-off series from Rachel Hawkins. School Spirits will be released on May 14th.

Still from ATUF comes this third cover. Star Cursed is the second book in the Cahill Witch Chronicles from Jessica Spotswood, and it will be released on June 18th.

Kendare Blake will be starting a new series next September with the release of the first book, Antigoddess.

Good Lord…holy crap-awful photoshopping! This one is from Jaime Rush and her Offspring series, called The End of Darkness. It is scheduled for release in January, according to Goodreads. This is not the cover you want to wrap up your series with, that is for sure.

This next one is from my favorite hit-or-miss author, Christine Warren. Hungry Like a Wolf will be the last of her re-written Others books, bringing the series up to date. Look for this one on June 25th.

This next one from Amanda Ashley reminds me of the old historical romances I used to read years ago. As Twilight Falls will be released on May 7th.

Rising Darkness is the tile of the first book in a new series from Thea Harrison. It will be available on April 2nd.

And this final one is from Shannon K. Butcher‘s Sentinel Wars series. Falling Blind will be released next April 2nd.

My favorite from this batch is Falling Blind. I was hoping that this would be Grace and…damn, can’t remember his name. Tor? Something like that. Anyways, I was hoping that this was their story, but Shannon is good about building up a story over the course of a couple of books. Which one are you most looking forward to?

I have been updating the new release pages over the last week or so, and there were a few things that popped up worth noting…

Kate Daniels 6 now officially has a name, and any info on an upcoming Ilona Andrews‘ book is a good thing. Magic Rises will be released next July.

It looks like the next Morganville Vampire book from Rachel Caine will be called Fall of Night, and it will be released in hardcover on May 7th.

Jean Johnson will be writing what appears to be a spin-off of her Sons of Destiny series. This one is called Guardians of Destiny, and the first book is The Tower, which should be released on June 4th.

Looks like the Zombies are back. White Trash Zombie Apocalypse, the third book of Diana Rowland‘s White Trash Zombies series, will be released early next year.

Book number 22 (if I remember correctly) of Laurell K. Hamilton‘s Anita Blake series will be called Affliction. Look for it in hardcover on June 4th.

The next Yasmine Galenorn Indigo Court book, Night Vision, will be coming out on July 2nd.

Book two of Kris DeLake‘s Assassin’s Guild series, Killer Rivals, will be released on July 1st.

Donna Grant will have at least four more titles in her Dark Warriors series. Midnight’s Kiss will be out on June 4th, and Midnight’s Captive will be out June 25th, with two more to follow later in the year.

Alexandra Ivy‘s new series, called The Sentinels, will start off with a novella in the anthology Predatory. It also features Nina Bangs, Dianne Duvall and Hannah Jayne, and it is due out on May 7th.

The third book of Jessica Shirvington‘s The Violet Eden Chronicles, Emblaze, will be out on March 1st.

Cold Copper is the title of the next Age of Steam novel from Devon Monk, and it will be on the shelves on July 2nd.

I finished my third read of the second Darynda Jones Charley Davidson book, Second Grave on the Left, and I will update the character guide for it by tomorrow night. I had read both books two and three once for enjoyment, and then once for the guides. Then I deleted all of the notes I had made, so this is actually round three. I want to have them updated by the time Fourth Grave Beneath My Feet hits the shelves on October 30th. Also, the Thea Harrison novella Hunter’s Season (I hate e-books) slipped by me, and that will be added to the Elder Races guide within the next couple of days, as well. WordPress has been bitchy and not updating properly, so I had to take a bit of a break. That will hopefully get back to normal tomorrow.